In this case, they’re obviously the Sanrio products, but more traditionally, transitional objects are things like teddy bear bears and blankets that “allow for the emergence of a child’s inherent sense of self,” according to Colleen Goddard in Psychology Today.Īll the boys in Sanrio Boys developed their Sanrio attachments as kids, gaining ego, strength and comfort from them. Namely, transitional objects, or comfort objects. The parallels here to living in the closet and living outside of it are obvious, but there’s also something deeper and more rooted in psychology at play.
In one scene, he confronts Ryou about his hate of the Sanrio Boys in a dramatic scene in which he holds the smaller boy close to his face and says, “People will only be honest when you’re honest with them!” And: “You have to face yourself properly!” That said, we get close to some actual romance between Ryou and his foil Seiichirou, the tall, handsome student council president and archery club captain. Like something was really irritating me deep down.” Kouta smartly observes, “Maybe it’s more that he hates himself rather than us. In fact, he goes as far as to call them “hentai,” which means something totally different in the U.S., but in this context is defined as something between a pervert and a weirdo. He hates himself, cuteness and anyone like Yuu who is so unabashed in their love for Sanrio. Ryou, the short beautiful blond boy who everyone thinks looks like a cute girl, inhabits the other end of the “outness” spectrum. She resents him for becoming so frivolous and flashy. Yuu is completely open about his love for My Melody (a bunny who adores almond pound cake and treasures the hoodie her grandmother made for her) but is still very “popular with both guys and girls” - except for his little sister (the only named female character in the show).
#Two gay anime boys series
I’ve already mentioned Kouta, the series protagonist/audience surrogate, and his inner turmoil over Pompompurin, but the other main characters’ avowed or tacit love for Sanrio products lead to consequences as varied as the merchandise itself. So the closest admission we have is this still from the show’s ending theme where a rainbow appears between two characters who are often shipped together. And promotional material for the show put out by Sanrio, Sho-Comi (the manga publisher) or Pierrot (the animation studio) makes no hint toward the queer reading of the show. You can tell me many things but you cannot deny the fact that all the guys in Sanrio Boys are gay coded and also follow the seme/uke stereotypesĪndou Mai, the author of the manga on which the anime is based, has refused to speak to the media about Sanrio Boys, so we don’t know for certain. Ok so is anyone else seeing a deeper meaning to Sanrio Boys or am I just crazy? I feel like the boy's liking Sanrio characters is symbolic for being gay and the main character being scared to admit it is an allusion to the fear of coming out? #SANRIOBOYS #SanrioDanshi /EmnthFau0c Sanrio boys is literally a show about coming out and feeling welcome in a group of lgbtq friends but they replaced every mention of being queer with Sanrio products